Recollection of a Provincial Past: (Recuerdos de Provincia) (Library of Latin America) [Hardcover]

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Author), Elizabeth Garrels (Editor, Translator), Asa Zatz (Translator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195113691 | ISBN-13: 978-0195113693 | Publication Date: March 24, 2005 | Edition: First Edition

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentina's leading writer, educator, and politician of the nineteenth century, and served as President from 1868 to 1874. Of his several autobiographies, the best-known Recollections of a Provincial Past is one of the indisputable classics of Spanish American literature, as well as one of the earliest autobiographies written in the Americas in Spanish. Written in exile in 1850, the memoirs describe his childhood and adolescence in an Andean province whose customs were still those of a colony. Sarmiento presents his life as the triumph of civilization over barbarism; looking back on his youth, he measures his wealth and strength by the accumulation of enriching personal and political experiences. He compares himself to the newly independent Argentina, claiming to be a historically representative individual whose trajectory seves to illuminate contemporary South America.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Garrels is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Massachussets Institute of Technology and a recognized authority on Sarmiento. Asa Zatz teaches translation at New York University and the City College of New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; First Edition edition (March 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195113691
• ISBN-13: 978-0195113693
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,950,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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